By MICHAEL FALCONE NOTABLES HILLARY CLINTON USED A PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT EXCLUSIVELY WHILE SERVING AS SECRETARY OF STATE, and may have violated federal requirements, The New York Times reported last night. According to the Times, Clinton did not have a government email address during her four years… Read More »

By MICHAEL FALCONE NOTABLES IN CASE YOU MISSED IT — RAND PAUL’s CPAC THREE-PEAT: Sen. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, was crowned the winner of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference-Washington Times Straw Poll for the third year in a row. The Kentucky senator said he… Read More »

By MICHAEL FALCONE NOTABLES BOBBY JINDAL PITCHES HIMSELF AS A ‘FULL SPECTRUM CONSERVATIVE’: Louisiana governor and likely 2016 candidate Bobby Jindal says voters are looking for the next Republican presidential nominee to be “a fighter.” And though he has yet to formally announce his candidacy,… Read More »

By MICHAEL FALCONE and ERIN DOOLEY NOTABLES DO YOU CPAC? The Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, will draw almost all of the Republican Party’s likely presidential contenders to the Washington, DC area over the next three days. They’re each given 20 minutes… Read More »

By MICHAEL FALCONE NOTABLES THE CLOCK IS TICKING but so far there doesn’t seem to be a clear plan to send President Obama a bill before a lapse in funding occurs at the Department of Homeland Security, ABC’s JOHN PARKINSON and ARLETTE SAENZ report. Senate… Read More »

By MICHAEL FALCONE and ARLETTE SAENZ NOTABLES HOMELAND SECURITY SHUTDOWN WATCH: With the clock ticking down before funding for the Department of Homeland Security runs out, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill that he hopes will get the Senate “unstuck” from its current… Read More »

The Note 2/20/2015 The Note: “An Ugly Lie” and a Coming Ground Offensive By SHUSHANNAH WALSHE (@shushwalshe) NOTABLES IRAQI GROUND OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE MOSUL COULD BE LAUNCHED AS EARLY AS APRIL. U.S. military officials believe that the Iraqi offensive to retake… Read More »

The Note 2/19/2015 The Note: Jeb Bush, A Family Matter By SHUSHANNAH WALSHE (@shushwalshe) NOTABLES JEB BUSH ANALYSIS–ABC’s RICK KLEIN: Can you be your own man while sharing a last name with other men with complicated legacies inside and outside your own… Read More »

The Note 2/18/2015 The Note: Countering Extremism By SHUSHANNAH WALSHE (@shushwalshe) NOTABLES WHITE HOUSE COUNTERING EXTREMISM SUMMIT DAY TWO: This summit is about promoting a softer approach often overlooked in the fight against extremism, reports ABC’s DEVIN DWYER. In an L.A. Times op-ed out… Read More »